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TLDR DESIGN 2024-04-29

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02OPINIONS & TUTORIALS

THE PROJECT THAT SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE AS A DESIGNER

Pinterest's Monetization team helps businesses connect with users while connecting them with the right commercial opportunity at the right time to help users realize their dreams. However, Frances Lee, a designer on the team and an end-user advocate, found it challenging to overcome her long-standing bias towards ads. With Quiz Ads, users can interact with advertisements for personalized recommendations or entertainment and discover unfamiliar brands.

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SPEEDING UP C++ BUILD TIMES

Figma addressed C++ build time inefficiencies by removing unnecessary includes, utilizing a new DIWYDU tool, implementing forward declarations via Fwd.h files, and applying caching strategies. This comprehensive approach halved build times and prevents dozens of potential daily slowdowns, significantly boosting developer productivity.

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MEET RITMO, MUSIXMATCH'S CROSS-PLATFORM DESIGN SYSTEM

Musixmatch's Ritmo design system ensures a consistent user experience across Web, iOS, and Android by establishing cross-platform standards and components using React Native for a unified codebase. Its design library in Figma centralizes specifications for consistent implementation across platforms, complemented by component swaps tailored to viewport size for optimal user experience.

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03LAUNCHES & TOOLS

YOUR AI-UX ASSISTANT

Leverage AI's power in your design process, generate wireframes and hi-fi UI designs, turn data into insight, and run design reviews.

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MOOD CAMERA

This point-and-shoot camera app uses a custom ProRAW image processing pipeline to recreate the look and feel of film.

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UNIPASTE (FIGMA PLUGIN)

Work with special characters in Figma and seamlessly insert symbols, characters, and glyphs into your design.

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04MISCELLANEOUS

IS THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF UX RESEARCH A THREAT OR AN OPPORTUNITY?

The democratization of UX research aims to involve more individuals for quicker results, though concerns arise about maintaining research quality amid varied expertise levels. A mature design and research culture requires governance, quality standards, training, and tools to support collaboration and overcome resistance to change.

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RETAIN DATA IN SENSITIVE CREDIT CARD FIELDS AFTER VALIDATION ERRORS

Even though reentering credit card information frustrates users, 34% of test sites don't keep credit card numbers when errors happen. Persisting card data saves time and allows users to review potentially incorrect input and find the error. Comply with PCI standards and mitigate user frustration by validating input field-by-field, splitting the checkout flow, and validating input in two stages.

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3 WAYS TO REDUCE TIME TO MAGIC MOMENT

Time to the "Magic Moment" or activation moment can be reduced through mini magic moments in the early user experience. Otter.ai leverages social proof for trust on its registration page, while Loom tailors messaging for user needs. Canva and Otter.ai use imagery and social proof to highlight product benefits and use cases.

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